Juneteenth Reading List

Celebrate Juneteenth with one of the following titles. Or, if you aren't familiar with it, use this as a jumping off point to learn more about this important date.

Updated May 12, 2025
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Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019
Kendi, Ibram X.
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present--edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on...
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
Smith, Clint
Paper Book
This "important and timely" (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America--and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint...
A black women's history of the United States
Berry, Daina Ramey
Paper Book
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this "groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States" (Ibram X. Kendi)-the perfect companion to An Indigenous People's History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the...
Jubilee Recipes from two centuries of african american cooking: a cookbook.
Tipton-Martin, Toni.
Ebook
"A celebration of African American cuisine right now, in all of its abundance and variety."--Tejal Rao, The New York Times JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER * IACP AWARD WINNER * IACP BOOK OF THE YEAR * TONI TIPTON-MARTIN NAMED THE 2021 JULIA CHILD AWARD RECIPIENT

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